Florida GOP candidate wants to move Trump’s Walk of Fame star his state: Mike Hill, a former state representative in Florida who is running for the Republican nomination for a House race in the state, wants to bring President Trump's Hollywood Walk of… https://t.co/RRqF7szpm6pic.twitter.com/uyXJqKaf4l

“Pensacola, the first settlement in America, is also going to be the city that is going to bring the Trump Hollywood star here to Pensacola,” Hill said in the video. “I want you to join me, Pensacola.”

Hill made the announcement while holding a life-size photo of the Trump star in front of the Confederate monument in Lee Square in downtown Pensacola with a campaign sign for his state House run placed next to him.

“When I’m in office, I’ll be able to do even more to make sure that this star gets here and stays here,” Hill said in the video. “Let’s go, Pensacola. Let’s make this work.”

Hill told the News Journal on Thursday that the video was not a political stunt.

“I did not create the timing of when the star was destroyed in Hollywood,” Hill said. “… Even if I were not running for office, this would be something that I would do because I so support our president Donald Trump and what he is doing.”

Hill is running for the Republican nomination for House District 1. The seat is being vacated by Rep. Clay Ingram, who is term limited. District 1 covers much of Escambia County, mostly north of the city limits of Pensacola.

Hill said he would raise the money for the star through donations and possibly hold an online contest to pick a location for the star.

Once a location is decided, Hill said he would petition the city of Pensacola to place the star at that location.

Hill said the decision to make the announcement in front of the Confederate monument was just where he happened to be when he met a friend to shoot the video, but he added that he supports keeping the Confederate monument.

“History is what makes us up as a people,” Hill said. “The good, the bad and the ugly, and we learn from it, and we move on, getting better from it. Not tearing it down and trying to forget it.”

Hill said he thought putting the Trump star in Pensacola hits all three levels of government.

“It’s a national issue: showing support for our president and what he’s doing,” Hill said. “It’s a state level issue: respecting our monuments as they are erected, including perhaps a Trump star, and at the local level: where we decide where it’s going to be placed as a people.”

Supporting treason in the defense of slavery is no way to go through life, let alone seek public service.

https://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/balloon_juice_header_logo_grey.jpg00Adam L Silvermanhttps://www.balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/balloon_juice_header_logo_grey.jpgAdam L Silverman2018-08-23 22:02:152018-08-23 22:07:47It Doesn't Get Much More Floriduh! Man Than This! Florida State House District 1 Edition

but more recently, gave a phone interview to a WaPo reporter who made a point of saying that when they spoke, he was in Scotland, where it was late in the evening, like maybe five-single-malts-thirty at night

I am taking a combination of multiple high-test antibiotics. They are playing hell with what’s left of my brain. [insert obligatory jackal wise-ass remarks here.] The nearest I can describe the feeling is like being in a constant state of being almost drunk. It is not fun; the world moves in slo-mo.
Even if I were driving, I couldn’t drive. I can barely stay awake enough to eat or drink. I fall asleep randomly for an hour or more.

Good news: Refi closing is 9/5. We can get the septic done, with some left over.

Random observation: There’s a late Harry Potter movie running in the background. I never read the books; I’m not following at all; but I’m enjoying the set pieces.

@Adam L Silverman: well, Rachel Maddow had an interesting bit suggesting the Saudis have been bankrolling trump’s Pecker, which if it pans out could make things interesting– AMI published a very expensive and glossy love letter to the “Magic Kingdom” that was placed in every Walmart in the country, kinda weird, and apparently Pecker brought a high-ranking aide to the crown prince to the White House as his guest. Got his picture took in the Oval Office with The Rough Beast (I think I have that right)

@efgoldman: You’re not drugged. My kids and grandkids have made me watch dozens of Harry Potter movies (how many of the damn things are there?), stone cold sober and I couldn’t tell you the plot of a single one. The sets are cool though.

I’m enjoying such a peaceful evening watching with my dog lying at my feet – but holy €!?<#^£’€!<~}}<£¥¥¥ she is farting non stop in her sleep. She never does this. I’m guessing my mom fell for her superior begging abilities and gave her a lot of forbidden nibbles today.

Hmmm, hope that guy got permission of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to use a likeness of their property in his ad. They tend to be really picky about that kind of stuff. Oh, he seemed to have forgotten that even if Pensacola would consent to “host” Trump’s star, IT IS STILL OWNED BY THE HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Sending you a hug, EFG. Read the books or listen to the audio version. The voice actor is wonderful. You may be able to download them from your library. Do it! I’ve read the series a few times now and I’ve been thinking of getting the audio books to listen to while I work.

@🐾BillinGlendaleCA: You sound a little panic. You want it in your neck of the woods. Glendale, or Simi Valley or Eagle Rock? Whatever. It would look good under Eagle Rock, which could crumble all over it for the rest of earth’s existence.

And before anyone asks, I have no idea if this group is really legit or a troll operation. I’ve never heard of it before now. Huey P. Newton Gun Club? That’s legit. John Brown Gun Club? Legit. Pink Pistols? Legit. There’s even a liberal gun club, which I think goes by Liberal Gun Club, somewhere in California that I’ve heard of. This I’d never heard of before.

the second time I was in Pensacola was on the return from an MLA conference in NOLA. twe stopped to eat and swim. he beach right in downtown at the pier is some of the clearest and coolest water I ever swam in. ever, and I have lived here for 20 something years. sure that part of the Handle is not like I remembered it now, but yeah, the far USN reaches of the Sunshine State is filled with MAGAts who will eat this up.

Deep tropical moisture surrounding Hurricane Lane continues to surge northward with heavy rain showers extending over 300 miles from the center of the hurricane
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Over Maui County, damaging winds will likely begin this evening, with dangerous hurricane force winds possible starting tonight or Friday morning.
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According to the [Central Pacific Hurrican Center]…Lane is moving toward the northwest near 7 mph. A slow northward motion is expected to begin today. A turn toward the west is expected Saturday and Sunday, with an increase in forward speed. On the forecast track, the center of Lane will move over, or dangerously close to portions of the main Hawaiian islands later today through Friday.

Maximum sustained winds are near 130 mph with higher gusts. Some weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours, although Lane is expected to remain a hurricane as it draws closer to the islands.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles.

NOAA Buoy 51002 located about 250 miles southwest of the Big Island reported a peak wind of 107 mph as the northwest eyewall of Lane passed over. The buoy is now reporting light winds in the eye of the hurricane.
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Rain bands will continue to overspread the Hawaiian Islands well ahead of Lane. Excessive rainfall associated with this slow moving hurricane will continue to impact the Hawaiian Islands into the weekend, leading to significant and life-threatening flash flooding and landslides. Lane is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 10 to 20 inches, with localized amounts in excess of 30 inches over the Hawaiian Islands. Nearly 20 inches of rain has already fallen on portions of the Big Island. Source

O/T – Breaking news. Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull resigns after spill motion (motion to chose new leader) passes Liberal Party. Now three-way battle between RWNJ and two slightly less RWs. Liberal Party is nominally center right (and thus mis-named) but has been edging more rightward.

Scott Morrison new Australian PM. Pretty serious right winger but better than the worst available. Currently treasurer. With PM resigning from parliament Liberals will lose majority so next few days could be intense. We can barely spare attention for Trump’s latest atrocities

Interesting moment on CNN: After Rob Astorino defends Trump’s post-conviction praise of Paul Manafort, Poppy Harlow notes Astorino is on Trump’s 2020 advisory cmte. He says yes. So he’s signed an NDA, she adds. He nods. Which has a non-disparagement clause. He sits frozen still.

Obligatory: Except in Boston. Given the insanity I had to deal with on the roads today — left turn on red into bumper to bumper traffic, sitting through the entire green arrow putting on makeup —you’d fit RIGHT in.

1) possible messiah stolen back from cruel relatives to be trained in his messiah-hood, gaines scoobies
2) possible messiah kills giant snake, saves girl
3) possble messiah saves fugitive godparent, his scoobies learn about time travel
4) possible messiah hoodwinked into competition, wins, villian kills competitor and returns from exile
5) possible messiah must become an autodidact and covert instructor when the school is taken over by villian’s henchwoman
6) possible messiah finds lab notes of professor he hates; headmaster dies.
7a) possible messiah and scoobies forced to go on the lam when villians minions take over; finds and destroys items that weaken the villian
7b) possible messiah and scoobies find and destroy reminaining items, including possible messiah. Possible messiah comes back to life with the school blown to bits and half the people dead. Gives up the messiah business.

It’s the kind of day where I order a BBLTA at Corner Bakery and they bring me a Turkey Avocado by mistake.

I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to getting the craft room ready for my post-surgery recovery, but now I’m starting to freak out that I’m having fucking arthroscopic surgery next week.

@Adam L Silverman: Labor will call for no confidence vote when parliament resumes 10 September. If that passes, as it well might, then new elections. If the government survives the no confidence then a by-election and from memory must have at least 35 day lead time. Depends a bit on what the independents do. I think. very much in flux. The Guardian Australia edition is good source for info.

@Ruckus: At least they’re starting to ask the question of these folks. Honestly, it should be asked by the bookers and if the answer is yes, then they shouldn’t be booked. But this is a start. Hopefully we’ll get lots more of it.

The books are good — they’re basically a traditional British boarding school story with magic and really big (eventually deadly) stakes. One of the things I admired about them is that the books become more sophisticated and emotionally complex as the characters grow up.

@Mnemosyne: WarriorGirl’s read most or all of them (I’m not sure if she’s read Half-Blood or Deathly Hallows), plus the sequel play (which I saw in her room tonight).

The movies are great, but as you also note, this is a pretty traditional story. Die Leiden des jungen Werthers, with the Devil, or Die neue Leiden des jungen W., where the hero dies, have pretty similar themes.

Most Americans don’t go to boarding school, or know anyone who does, so I’m sure that’s an added attraction/distraction stateside.

@The Midnight Lurker: Too funny! I brought my old portable typewriter as a show-and-tell to a roomful of first-year college students, to show them the technology their predecessors had. Some had never seen one. None had ever used one.

I grew up with the hardwired rotary phone, and the bill paid to “Bell Telephone”; on a party line until I was 4. My family owned only B&W TVs until I left for college (they bought their first color TV on MY employee discount, the last day I worked there before packing the van).

I’m old; I just married late, so WarriorGirl forces me to know about Taylor Swift and Harry Potter and the soundtrack to Hamilton. Every fucking morning, driving her to camp. At least she’s a Doctor Who fan.

@FlyingToaster: In Die Leiden des jungen Werthers, Werther commits suicide because he can’t get the girl he wants. Don’t see relation to Harry Potter series.

The Werther craze swept the German speaking lands. IIRC, it was almost immediately translated into otner languages. Young men wore his ‘costume’ of yellow panys and blue coat. Sermons were preached against the book; it was claimed it set off a wave of suicides by young men.
At the dance Werther and Lotte look into each other’s eyes and breathe the name Klopstock. He realizes at once that they are soul-mates–they each admire (worship?) the same poet.

@FlyingToaster: I told the grandkids I was ‘old timey’ once and they corrected me. It’s ‘retro’. Get with the times.

And I got your story beat. I’m so old that when I was a kid and spent summers on my grandparent’s farm, they had one of those ‘retro’ wall mounted box phones. They ones where you had to crank the handle really fast, and then put the earpiece to your ear and speak into the mouthpiece. When the operator came on the scratchy line, you gave her the number, which was a named followed by a four digit number — “Ferndale 9357” — and she would connect you.
My grandfather built me a little stool to stand on so I could use it. My grandmother painted it with flowers, and hearts.
I still have the stool. Wish I had the phone. I bet it’s worth some coin now.

@Ladyraxterinok: Harry finds out that he’s the final Horcrux and lets himself be killed (well, I think that’s what the whole scene with dead Dumbledore was about). Because magic, like Wesley, he’s not entirely dead and hence returns, if somewhat the worse for wear (though ‘way better than the Dread Pirate Roberts).

Both Werther and W die; Werther commits suicide and W. accidentally electrocutes himself trying to impress Charlotte, but they’re all Bildungsromanen in school settings. I’m sure someone more familiar with English lit can give a half a dozen titles that fit this mold, though likely less well written, and lacking, well, magic.

You’re way overthinking it — “boarding school” is a specific genre of children’s literature in Great Britain, and Rowling is playing off that tradition. Her books are as resolutely British as “Dr. Who” is.

You’re way overthinking it — “boarding school” is a specific genre of children’s literature in Great Britain, and Rowling is playing off that tradition. Her books are as resolutely British as “Dr. Who” is.

Since I had no idea such a genre of literature existed, I stand corrected.